10 Chicken Crock Pot Freezer Recipes + Shopping List

Since my sister and my mom will be sharing 40 pounds of chicken next week from Zaycon chicken, I thought I would create an easy way for her to prepare the chicken for dinner.

I love to make crock pot freezer meals. I throw all the ingredients into a freezer bag and dinner is prepared! All I need to do is dump it into the crock pot and….that’s it! Well sometimes I need to make side dishes but the hard part is done. Plus there isn’t much of a mess to clean up!

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So here are 10 chicken recipes that you can prepare and freeze. It’s ok if you don’t have all the ingredients when you prepare the bags, just add it to your shopping list and write it on the bag to add it when you prepare the meal.

You can even double the recipes and have 20 dinners already prepared in your freezer!

When it’s done remove chicken and shred with 2 forks. The smaller the better since you can’t really cut up your soup.

Tip – once you remove the chicken place the chunky stuff into a blender and blend until smooth. My kids don’t like chunks but they loved this soup!

To serve, mix in some cream, cheese and tortilla chips.

Southwest Chicken

1 can of corn, drained

1 can of black beans, drained

1 16oz jar of salsa

3-4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts (about 2 pounds)

1 8oz brick of cream cheese

Instructions:Add the corn, black beans, salsa, and chicken to the ziploc bag.

Write on the bag:

Dump ingredients into the crock pot. Cook on high for 6-7 hours and low for 7-8 hours.

About 30 minutes before the meal is going to be served remove and shred the chicken.

Cut up the cream cheese into chunks and add to the crock pot with the chicken. Let it heat up for about 30 minutes.

Serve over rice. We also added some shredded cheese on top and it was delicious!
If you are not a fan of black beans you can omit them or just add half the can. I don’t really like them but they were good in this recipe.

Crock Pot Chicken Ranch Tacos

1 -1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 Packet taco seasoning

1 Packet Ranch Dressing powder

1/4 cup Ranch dressing (do not add to freezer bag)

Write on the bag:

Dump in the slow cooker and cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 6-7 hours. When the meat is cooked, shred and add back to the crock pot with 1/4 cup ranch dressing until heated.

On the day you serve the meal you will need the additional items:

taco shells (soft or hard)

lettuce

cheese

tomatoes

salsa

sour cream

Philly Chicken Sandwich

2-3 boneless,skinless chicken breasts (about 1.5 pounds)

2 Tablespoons butter

2 green bell peppers, sliced

1 large yellow onion, sliced

1 tablespoons Montreal Marinade seasoning

grated Mozzarella cheese

Good Hoagie Rolls

Write on the bag

Cook on low for 5-6 hours or high 3-4 hours. Shred the meat and serve on a roll. Add cheese and broil until cheese is bubbly.

Instructions

Add butter, green peppers, onions, chicken, and seasoning into a large freezer bag

Spicy Chicken over Yellow Rice

1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breast

1 ½ cup of your favorite s salsa

2 Tablespoons taco seasoning

1 Tablespoon maple syrup

1 teaspoon lime juice

1 Tablespoon butter

4 oz cream cheese (do not add to the bag)

Write on the bag

Cook 5-6 hours on high or 6-7 on low. Shred chicken and add cream cheese. Heat for about 30 minutes longer.

Instructions

Place all the ingredients, except for the cream cheese, in a freezer bag.

BBQ Chicken

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 cup barbeque sauce (your favorite)

⅓ cup vinegar

⅓ cup light brown sugar

1 Tablespoon yellow mustard

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 Tablespoon onion flakes

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Buns

Write on bag

Add all the ingredient to the slow cooker (except buns). Cook 7-8 hours on low or 5-6 hours on high.

This meal can be eaten as sandwiches by shredding the chicken before serving. Or just eat the chicken and enjoy it with some delicious side items!

This has helped save me so much time and money in the kitchen. I can also make sure that our family is eating a good dinner and we are not wasting money eating out every time I don’t want to cook. I don’t have much of an excuse when I have these freezer bags with dinner already done!

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Additional notes:

My slow cooker cooks at a high temperature, so please check your food to make sure you have the proper cooking time.

The fuller the crock pot, the longer it will take to cook your food.

According to the official Crock Pot website, you can safely cook frozen meat in your crock pot. If you still don’t like the idea, you can put the bag in the fridge the night before and it should be defrosted by the morning.

Never put the plastic bag in the crock pot. Always dump out the contents to prepare your meal.

When you freeze the bag, make sure the frozen lump (for lack of a better work) will easily fit into your crock pot.

One reader suggested putting the dinners into crock pot liners and then into the freezer bag.

Great ideas!! We’ve started raising our own chickens so this will be easy to incorporate after we butcher them…….I usually double wrap them anyway with Saran and then freezer paper so this saves me a time consuming step!!

What a great collection! We only eat chicken at our house, and with baby #3 due in just over 3 weeks, I’ll definitely be making these recipes to have stored in the freezer for after baby comes! What a huge help this will be. Thank you for sharing!

I rarely leave comments, but I’m so impressed with the effort and creativity by which you’ve produced such a variety of appetizing, healthy, and visually appealing meals. I’ve found similar websites overwhelming in the amount of prep their recipes require, but yours shout ‘DOABLE’!!
Thank you so very much for sharing your food insights. I can hardly wait to get started. I found you through Pinterest, and I’ve bookmarked your site. Congratulations on an excellent job!
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I made all these recipes a few weeks ago– my family loved all of them, except the kids thought the tortilla soup was too spicy. I definitely will use this recipe list again. I found that my family of four could get 2-3 meals out of each recipe, which made it about $3.35 per meal for my whole family!

Thank you for these recipes! I put them together last night, and I’m making the Philly Chicken Sandwiches today. I did add a little bit of water to the Crock Pot since there is no liquid in that recipe, and I didn’t think the Crock Pot would work very well without any liquid (I didn’t use the frozen chicken breasts with the ice layer). I was able to get chicken for $1.69/lb ($30.95 total) and everything else I didn’t already have for about $28. That’s less than $6/meal! That’s great for a chicken meal, especially if we have leftovers (there’s only two of us). I look forward to trying more of your Crock Pot freezer meals in the future. If you need any inspiration/suggestions for new recipes, how about some meatless ones? We often eat meatless to save money. Thanks again!